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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 15, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Lifetime PRs:

Marathon: 3:07:59 2013 Big Cottonwood Marathon 

1/2 Marathon: 1:24:30 2008 St. George Painters

10K: 38:39 2008 SLCTC

5K: 18:44 2009 Nestle Art City Days 

55-59 AD PRs:

1/2 Marathon:???

10K:???

5K:??? 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2023 plans: 

  • Work on core strength
  • Lose 5 lbs
  • Overcome lingering injuries
  • Have fun!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Consistently place in the top 5 of my age division as long as my body will allow it.

Beat Terry Bean at any distance at least one time before I depart this earth.

Take care of mind and body so I can be in it for the long haul. Don't do STUPID THINGS!

Run until I'm 99 with Kim by my side and remember that EVERY RUN IS A GREAT RUN!

Peace of mind by striving to live like this

 

Personal:

I've been married to the lovely Kimberly for 36 years. We have 5 great kids and 5 great grandkids.

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Miles:This week: 5.00 Month: 56.00 Year: 289.00
Saucony Fastwitch #1 Lifetime Miles: 65.50
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Crosstraining plus 2 glorious but very slow running miles. Warmed up 10 minutes on bike, 20 minutes on stairstepper, 10 minutes on elliptical. Then I did my 5K elliptical "race" workout. My best time yet is 18:35 but today I just didn't quite have it going and I ran it in 18:45. I wanted to quit at 2.5 so I'm glad I gutted it out and ended up not too far off my best. As I've mentioned before the elliptical pace and running pace don't jive so I'm thinking this would only equate to maybe a 20-21 minute running 5K effort.

Then for my cooldown I went outside and ran 2 miles around the parking lots at work. Wanted to stay close to the gym in case I needed to bail early in case any weird pains cropped up. But I was very pleased at how good I felt compared to Monday. I don't think it was a good idea to go on the grass Monday for my 1st time out. I did have some aches and pains but not so much in the lower abs, but rather in all the muscles that I'm discovering DON'T get used while cross-training but are running specific. Mostly in the hamstrings I can feel it, but in a good way, just good-old sore muscles that I know will go away, not the lingering nasty stuff like the tendonitis I always fight in the hamstrings and now in the lower abs.

All in all I really enjoyed this little 2 mile easy run.

Ave/Max HR: 157/198. Ave HR during 5K workout: 188.

PM: Core workout

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